Hunter&#39;s cap



Patented Mar. 10, 1942 HUNTERS CAP Irving E. Soboroff, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Soboroi-Rosenwald Company,` Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois r Application February 10, 1941 Serial No. 378,174

1 Claim.

In the past, in caps of the aforementioned type it has been necessary to remove the cap from the head of the wearer in order to effect reversing` of the half portion having its undersurface of a` different color such as red. The reason it has been necessary to remove the cap is on account of thefact that the crown is of a curved form and it` is not feasible to work progressively the reversible half over the other half of the crown, unless the cap is first removed from the head of the wearer,

An object of this invention is to provide a cap whichovercomes the above noted disadvantage and enables a reversal or folding of one half of the outer crown covering of the cap over the other half without necessitating removal of the cap from the head of the wearer. p In accordance with the general features of this invention, there is provided a cap including an outer crown covering having a reversible half portion foldable over the other half portion of the` crown; this reversible Portion being sepa' rated for a limited extent at the back of the crown from the other half portion by fastening means which is operable to disconnect and connect the half portions together whereby the reversible portion may be folded from one side of the crown to the other without requiring removal of the hat from the head of the wearer.

In accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention, I provide the fastening means in the form of a slidable type fastener or zipper disposed in substantially the medial plane of the cap and extending only part way up the back of the crown.

Other objects and features of this invention will more fully appear from the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing which illustrates a single embodiment thereof, and in which:

Figure 1 is a rear perspective View lof the cap showing it applied to the head of a person;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary View of the rear portion of the crown of the cap showing the reversible half detached from the other half and in the process of being folded upwardly; and

Figure 3 is a view showing the reversible half portion of the outer crown covering completely turned or folded over the other half portion and the fastening means in the process of being moved to its connecting position.

As shown on the drawing:

The reference character I0 designates generally the crown of a so-called hunters type of cap which includes the usual button I I at the top, as well as the visor I2 at the front. These caps are usually made of brown corduroy, and I have accordingly so illustrated itin Figure l.

The crown I0 of the cap includes an outer coving comprising two half portions I3 and I3a. The half portion I3 is adapted to be reversed in position or, in other words, progressively folded over the top of the crown onto the other half I3a. In Figure 2, I have illustrated how this reversible half I3 is initially turned or folded upwardly in the process of starting to reverse its` position. It should be noted that the under surface I4 of the reversible half portion I3 is of a different color than the normal color of the cap. For example, this surface I4 may be red which is the usual practice and as I have illustrated it.

Since it is desired to change the color of the crown of the cap from, for illustration, brown to red, it follows that if the undersurface I4 of the reversible portion I3 is red, the surface I5 of the half of the crown underneath the foldable portion I3 must likewise be red. Thus, when the reversible or foldable half portion I3 is completely turned over to the other side or half of the cap, as shown in Figure 3, the outer surface of the entire crown will then be of red color.

As I have noted before, considerable difficulty `has, been experienced in effecting this folding. or

reversing operation in hunters caps, and as a consequence it has been necessary te remove the cap from the head of the wearer in order to effect the desired folding operation.

In order to facilitate this action, as well as to eliminate the necessity of removing the cap from the head of the wearer, I partially separate the two half portions I3 and I3a from eachother at the back of the crown and to a limited extent. This is effected by providing a short length fastener, designated generally by the reference character I6, and which is disposed in substantially the medial plane or seam of the crown. I have illustrated this fastener as being in the form of a slidable -or zipper type, and it will be noted from Figure l that it only extends part way up the back of the crown.

In order to change the color of the crown from say brown to red, the first step necessary in the operation is to disconnect the fastener by pulling upwardly on the handle or finger grip I'I,`

Then, the rear end of the reversible portion I3 may be slightly turned upwardly, as shown in Figure 2, and thus worked progressively over the top of the crown until it is completely over the other half portion I3a, as shown in Figure 3.

Thereafter, the slight gap between the two half portions I3 and I 3a at the back of the crown may be closed by pulling the handle I'I of the fastener downwardly, thus connecting the n two overlapped edges of the two half portions I3 and I3a at their place of separation.

This `operation of connecting and disconnecting the fastening means, as is readily evident, may be easily eiected by simply sliding the zipper handle I'I up or down as the case may be and does not necessitate removal of the cap from the head of the wearer in order for the desired folding of the reversible half portion I 3 to be eifected. To return the reversible half portion I3 from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure 1 merely requires that the reverse of the operations, above described, be followed.

I claim as my invention:

As an article of manufacture, a cap comprising a crown including a covering having a reversible half portion foldable over the other half of the crown,V said reversible portion being separated for a limited extent at the back of the crown from the other half portion by fastening means which is operable to disconnect and connect said portions, whereby said reversible portion may be folded from one side to the other of the crown Y without requiring removal of the cap from the wearensaid fastening means comprising a slidable type -of fastener disposed in substantially the medial plane of the cap and extending part way up the back of the crown.

IRVING E. SGBOROFF. 

